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3-D Box Culvert using wizard
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3-D Box Culvert using Wizard

Overview
• A single span box culvert is generated using plate elements and elastic links in footing to consider soil

structure interaction.

• The behavior of culvert is studied under self weight, temperature, earth pressure, shrinkage, crowd

load and moving load

In this tutorial, we will learn the following things:

• How to invoke the Box Culvert wizard

• How to define the material properties form the wizard

• Different options of the 3D Box culvert wizard

• How to define moving load for plate elements

• How to define the cutting lines for viewing results

• How to check forces in the elastic links

• How to view the stresses and deformed shape of the structure

Program Version Civil 2016 (v1.1)

Revision Date Dec., 2015

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00 Specifications of the Bridge

 Span: 12m
 Width: 25 m
 Analysis Codes: Eurocode
Moving Lanes Considered: 4
Vehicle Considered: Lode Model 1

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00 Specifications of the Bridge

Plan
25 m

12 m
8m

Elevation
8m

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01 Modeling > Generating Model

Model Generation – Define

Units
1 3
Invoke midas Civil
1 Open New File 4
5
2 Select the Unit System [ kN, m]
3 Save as ‘3-D Box Culvert’
4 Click on Structure tab
5 Click on RC Frame/Box

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01 Modeling > Generating Model

Model Generation – Wizard

Inputs
1 Select 3-Dimensional
2 Select Box Culvert
3 Click on 3 dots icon and define
the material property as shown on
next page
4 Select Concrete property
5 Enter Size of Plate Element as 1 m 1
6 Enter Span as 12 m
7 Select Wing Wall; 2
Thickness as 0.5 m
4 3 5
8 Enter Skew Angle as 0 degree
9 Enter the data as shown in image 6 7

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01 Modeling > Material Properties

2

Model Generation – Material

Properties
1 Click on “Add” to define materials

2 Define Material data:

Name > Concrete

Type of design> Concrete
Concrete Standard > EN04(RC)
1
DB: C30/37

3 Click on OK

4 Click on Close

Enter the remaining data from previous

page in the wizard

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01 Modeling > Generating Model

1
Model Generation – Wizard
Inputs
1 Click on Transverse
2 Select Type as Type 1
3 Enter Size of Plate Element as 1m
4 Enter the data as shown in image
5 Enter Modulus of Subgrade
2 3
Reaction as 20000 kN/m3
6 Enter Length of Elastic Link as
0.4m
4

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01 Modeling > Generating Model

1
Model Generation – Wizard
Inputs
1 Click on Loads
2 Enter data as shown in image for 2
Self Weight, Pavement & Soil
loads
3 Enter data as shown in image for
Underground Water (Uncheck),
Barrier & Side Walk
4 Enter the data as shown for
Temperature, Shrinkage Strain & 3
Thermal Coefficient
5 If required for further use, click on
Save As… to save the wizard file.
This file saves data input done in
the wizard
6 Click on OK

5 6

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02 Modeling > Defining Loads

Model Generation – Wizard 1

Inputs 8
3
1 Click on Loads 2
2 Click on Moving Load
3 Select EUROCODE 6
10 5
4 Click on button as shown in image 7
5 Select the elements as shown
4
6 Click on Activate button
7 Click on button as shown in image
8 Click on Traffic Surface Lane
9 Click on Add
10 Define the traffic Surface Lanes
Lane Name> Lane 1
Offset Distance> -0.4 m 9
22 400
Selection by: 2 Points
Click in highlighted box 19 397
Click on node 22 & then 400
Click on OK 16 394

Repeat steps 9 & 10 to enter

data for remaining 3 lanes. For
Lane 4, Offset Distance> -0.5m
9 387

Name Width Node 1 Node 2

Lane 2 3m 19 397
Lane 3 3m 16 394
Lane 4 10.8m 9 387

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02 Modeling > Defining Loads

Model Generation – Wizard

Inputs 1

1 Click on Vehicles
2 Click on Add Standard
3 Select Load Model 1 6
4 Click OK
2
5 Click Close
6 Click on Activate All button

3
5

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02 Modeling > Defining Loads

Model Generation – Wizard

Inputs 1

1 Click on Moving Load Cases

2 Click on Add
3 Enter the Load Case Name as 6
Moving Load
4 Select Lane 1, Lane 2 and Lane 3 2 3
5 Click on for Selected Lanes
6 Select Lane 4
7 Click on for Remaining Area
9
8 Click OK
9 Click Close

4 5

6
7

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03 Analysis > Moving Load Analysis

1
Moving Load Analysis Control
2

1 Go to “Analysis” tab
2 Click “Moving Load”
3 Select Analysis Results > Plate

“Center + Nodal”
“Stress Calculation”
4 Click “OK”

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03 Analysis > Perform Analysis

Run Analysis
1
2
1 Go to “Analysis” tab
2 Click “Perform Analysis”

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04 Result> Reaction

Result Verification 1
6
2
1 Go to “Results” tab
3
2 Click “Reactions”
3 Click “Reaction Forces/Moments”
4 Select “Load Cases/Combinations”
To view the results in Model View
Window, select “Components” 4
9

Select “Value”
5 Click “Apply”
6 To View in Tabular format, Click

“Results Tables”> “Reactions”

7 Select “Load Cases/Combination” 5
13
8 Click “OK”
9 Check the values in new window 7

“Result-[Reaction]”

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04 Result> Displacement

Result Verification 1

2
1 Go to “Results” tab
4
3
2 Click “Deformations”
3 Click “Displacement Contour”
4 Select “Load Cases/Combinations”
5 Select “Components” 5
6 Click Type of Display “Contour” and 8

“Deform”
7 Click “Apply”
6
8 See the Contour diagram in the

“Model View” window

Note: By Invoking “…” the tables of

any component of result and
load cases can be checked.

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04 Result> Concurrent Forces For Moving Load Analysis

1

Result Verification
2
4
1 Go to “Results” tab
3
2 Click “Forces”
3 Click “Plate Forces/Moments”
7
4 Click on to display node numbers
5 Click Type of Display “Contour” and
“Cutting Diagram”
9
6 Enter Name: Bottom
Click in Pnt1: text box
7 Click node 579 then 768 in model
8
8 Click on Add
6 Enter Name: Left 6

Click in Pnt1: text box

7 Click node 579 then 12 in model
8 Click on Add
5
6 Enter Name: Right
Click in Pnt1: text box 10
7 Click node 768 then 390 in model
8 Click on Add
6 Enter Name: Top 12

Click in Pnt1: text box

7 Click node 12 then 390 in model
11
8 Click on Add

9 Ensure that all Cutting lines are

checked
10 Click on Reverse
11 Click Apply

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